Accession No

2323

Brief Description

Artillery scale by Lefebvre, 1/2 18th C.

Origin

Paris; France

Maker

Lefebvre

Class

military; calculating

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1750

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 331mm; breadth 37mm; thickness 4.5

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from A. Davidson Ltd, 1977.

Inscription

‘Lefebvre AParis’ (obverse)

Description Notes

12 inch brass rule with one bevelled edge. Obverse has the following scales:
scale marked ‘Calibre des pieces’, ‘Onces’ and ‘poid des bouletz des Fer’ divided 1 (ounce) - 64 (pounds) numbered 1, 2, 3, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1, 2 ... 8, 10 ... 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 40, 48, 55, 60, 64. Scale marked ‘Tiers’ divided 10 - 0 - 110 numbered by 10; 10 - 0 numbered by 5 subdivided to 1. Scale marked ‘Quarts tiers’ divided 10 - 0 -170 numbered by 10; 10 - 0 subdivided to 1. Unnamed scale divided 10 - 0 - [350] numbered by 20; 10 - 0 subdivided to 1.

Reverse: scale of ‘Pied de Roy’ divided [1] - 0 - 11 numbered by 1, 1 - 0 subdivided to 1/12; ‘Pied decimal’ divided 100 - 0 - 900 numbered by 100, first 100 divided to 1/100 by means of transversal scale. Scale of ‘Pied du Rhin’ divided as for ‘Pied du Roy’. Further foot scale with no markings divided to inches and first inch divided to 1/12 but not numbered.

Condition fair (bit bashed); complete

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